After Xu Tianxin returned to the village, she told her grandma while eating big pancakes and a bowl of fish wontons.
She said that she wanted to search the village for trial jars to conduct salt experiments, and that some fishing salt might be wasted.
"We don't waste milk in vain. If we can make it, our family can eat good salt, which is good for the body. And over the course of a year, we can save a lot of money on fine salt."
I heard that the salt here is very expensive.
Xu Tianxin was happy. Although she would not make any money, she would save money for her family.
Oops, you silly granddaughter, you are still thinking of saving yourself some salt money.
Mrs. Xu's first reaction was: Babies, you have to study hard. Look, if you are educated, you won’t be afraid of anything, and you won’t suffer any hardship. No wonder people say that we should learn physics well.
Because there is no point in saving your own money. You can make a lot of money without losing your head.
For example, what is the taste of cooking with good salt when doing business, and what is the taste of cooking with large grains of salt that is not as good as our modern pickles. If you open a restaurant, you can beat others.
And if you can make your own salt, the cost will be much lower all of a sudden. Once the cost is low, especially for some dishes that waste salt, no restaurant can do it better than us.
They cost more than a hundred yuan for a pound of salt, but it costs you a few cents.
No matter how far it is, let’s just talk about the pickled fish at the moment.
Mrs. Xu knew it in her heart. As far as she knew, the so-called pickling here was to put fish salt on the fish, then dry it in the sun and that's it.
If you think about it, this kind of bitterness and squeaking is just the strange smell of salt applied to the fish. If you don't pay attention to how to cook it, the unpalatable thing will really be salted fish.
This is also an important reason why fishermen do not risk their lives to exploit fishing salt loopholes.
Not much money to make.
For example, the cost of a piece of salted fish is ten cents. If you have to go to a place where there are no fish, the biggest expense is the transportation fee. It all depends on manpower and mules and oxen. These manpower and mules and oxen provide food and accommodation along the way. So this one When the fish reaches its destination, it may cost twenty or even thirty cents.
Let me ask you, at this price, most people at the bottom cannot afford it even if they want to borrow salted fish to store salt. He has the money to buy fish and borrow salt, so how about he buy some large grains of salt to save on cooking.
As for the rich people, they don’t like to eat the crappy stuff that fishermen pickle.
People don't need the salt money to make fish, so it can be salty or not. When I want to eat fish, I would rather buy fresh fish caught from the river in winter. The weather is cold along the way and the fish is frozen. I buy it back and melt it and add seasonings.
The consumer group that can buy salted fish is the middle-class family, but the middle-class family is not a fool. This stuff is not delicious, so it is necessary to buy some salted fish during the New Year and festivals.
Mrs. Xu shared with her family members in the live broadcast room:
This is not to mention trying to get rid of the salted fish, there are a lot of troubles in the middle.
For example, it is difficult to get fishing salt.
There were a few good old men like Liu Laozhu, and he took the lead and went to get them.
You can't just go to another place if you want to, and I'm just about to sign the roadmap.
I heard that there is a limit for even Li Zheng to go to other counties and above the city. Even if Li Zheng goes out, he will be interrogated more strictly. In order to avoid having to go out all the time, who is in charge?
Although there are no restrictions on the villagers, that is because the court believes that 99% of the people will not go out at will. Why do they go out? If you need a needle, thread, or brain, you go to the town and buy it. If you can't afford it, you have to go to the county where you are. There are a few people who go for a walk in the city outside. Given the environment here, Li Zheng will not give directions to others casually.
I heard that in the hands of a sinister Li Zheng, a Lu Yin note can be sold directly for money.
I have encountered students who are rushing to take the exam at home. How much money do they give for a trip?
If you have money in one hand and notes in the other, you can sometimes worry less. At least you won't be owed any favors.
In Mrs. Xu's opinion, it is the most difficult thing to repay a favor. That candidate, don't worry about whether you passed the exam or not. Uncle Li Zheng never made it difficult for you when you went out to take the exam. Now I need your help to introduce someone to you. Can you help me? As for those who go out to do business, there are a few who do large-scale business across the city. When doing small business, they have to consider paying the commission to Li Zheng for approving the notes.
Another thing is that most of the local squires, or those with some financial strength nearby, will monopolize this small business. You don't need to go out, these people will take over and earn the difference.
There are a few nice old men like Liu Laozhu, who seem to have relaxed themselves and are ravaging them casually.
So Mrs. Xu thought to herself: Liu Laozhu, please nail me to the right position. No one wants to take your position, and I don’t want to take it, so as not to realize that there are restrictions on the road signs I sign for myself. .
She is destined to go out more in the future, including her family. Since there is salt and she knows how to pickle various fish, the sales volume should not be too small.
As long as she earns the first pot of gold that can build a transportation team, she will let the boys at home sell fish to her, and let Liu Laozhu approve notes for her when nothing happens.
In short, after Xu Tianxin finished speaking, Mrs. Xu sat on the kang and thought about a series of ways to make money with good salt.
Mrs. Xu feels that even if necessary, if everyone has a good relationship, they can do some dangerous things secretly.
Just say that you went to town to help buy salt, right? Then you lied before you even opened your mouth?
Especially if her family sells fish and the transportation team often goes out, who will verify, and how to verify whether the salt is bought from her own house or bought by someone across the city.
In short... Old Mrs. Xu couldn't sit still, waved her hands to her granddaughter, and also waved to her family in the live broadcast room and said: "Grandma, I don't want to talk nonsense to you. Those plans rely on us to work hard step by step to get rich, and there is still a long way to go." Okay. But right now, grandma has to go do the tandem connection first, and I’m going to see who doesn’t want the fish and salt, so I’ll take it.”
While talking, Mrs. Xu picked up a big pancake and hurried out the door while eating it.
"Nai, why don't you eat wontons?"
"Just cook one bowl."
The family even keeps fish in the bathtub, but only cooks one bowl.
This situation is common in every household in the village.
Even if what grandma said is true, pickled fish obviously cannot be sold for a lot of money, so just sell more if you can, even if you earn some hard-earned money in exchange for some coarse grains.
When Mrs. Xu went out, she went to a well-known poor family in the village.
No matter how cheap fishing salt is, it only costs three coppers per catty. Poor people have to calculate how many kilograms are enough to buy even three copper coins.
What Mrs. Xu wants to talk about is not to buy it, just help her bring it out. You should pickle it as salty as before.
"Tian Xin Nai, let's talk about this, old sisters. As long as our village continues to fish, we can still receive fishing salt next month. What are you doing? You want so much broken salt."
Mrs. Xu sighed: "For the sake of being honest, he bought so much fish salt when he was angry, even the three boats of fish he sold were counted in jin, and he bought them back in advance for everyone. It can't be done. Leave the fish and salt in his hands."
Later, these words reached Liu Laozhu's ears.
Liu Laozhu felt a little complicated in his heart.
He really didn't expect that the first person in the village who would give him some comfort and consider his perspective would be the wife of the Xu family.
He was the first to think of having someone accompany him into the city.
Afraid that he would cheat the money and leave the fishing salt behind, another item.
So when I put the salt in, I thought about it and said, "Forget it, I'll keep the rest for myself. You don't have to worry about it."
Mrs. Xu grabbed the salt bag and said, "Bring it to you!"
